Somewhere between watching 24 hours of a bad season of a good tv show and the rest of the nonsensical ridiculousness that is my life currently, I failed to set aside time to write out my predictions for cinema’s most publicized and meaningless prize…The Oscars!!
So now, one day before the big show, I give you my picks…
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominees: Away From Her, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men
What will win: No Country For Old Men
What I would vote for: No Country For Old Men
Best Original Screenplay
Nominees: Juno, Michael Clayton, Lars and The Real Girl, Ratatouille, The Savages
What will win: Juno
What I would have voted for: The Savages
Best Director
The Nominees: P.T. Anderson (There Will Be Blood), The Coen Bros. (No Country For Old Men), Jason Reitman (Juno), Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Who will win: The Coen Bros.
Who I would vote for: P.T. Anderson
Best Supporting Actress
The Nominees: Cate Blanchette (I’m Not There), Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton), Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
Who will win: Ruby Dee
Who I would vote for: Amy Ryan
Best Supporting Actor
The Nominees: Casey Affleck (The Assassination Of Jesse James…), Javier Bordhem (No Country…), Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Philip Seymour Hoffman
Who will win: Hal Holbrook
Who I would vote for: Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Actress
The Nominees: Ellen Page (Juno), Cate Blanchette (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Laura Linney (The Savages), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Who will win: Ellen Page
Who I would vote for: Ellen Page
Best Actor
The Nominees: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd…), Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley Of Elah), Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises)
Who will win: Daniel Day Lewis
Who I would vote for: Daniel Day Lewis
Best Picture
The Nominees: Atonement, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Juno, Michael Clayton
What will win: Juno – I’m making a bold pick right here, predicting the “little movie that could” actually could win ths year. I may be an idiot on this one. We’ll see…
What I would have voted for: No Country For Old Men — I had a hard time choosing between this and There Will Be Blood. It was a great year for movies and these two were tops.

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